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' > THE VA^KOF MJVE
I know n .irer and lovely .pot,
A aotaaof gptrtbtiwawlof flower*,
And MllMoj* nntetjlgti Fleamrc'e |a^
Vet think m l in bower* and broolu,
|t? b"?l *b4 denmt eUerm It fonad;
Old 1W tbe h mk of eat wboM look*
Sh?d light, aud hope, aud tpilaf, around.
And wI*re it cluingtd to (rtckltu Mod, .
,love'i Mfio wand lleteettr would bail;
And flow?r? and frul(?,th? fair laud,
Would floarkh in that de???rt vale.
'LINKS WRIlTKN AT SUA.
ay AjT KMiotsat^
Ct*r the wW? waves. f wek the kindly shore,
Wlitre JMe?tly, friend of Man, i? |om? before;
blow y? propitious wiads ejavYing gale,
' And eastern oraeres fill each swelling mI|. .
Weft me where Freedom, nymph of rosy hue,
Willi btukia'dfaet lm|iriat> the psarly dew
Where no proud Tyrant with unbounded sway,
Mcds hb commands, and trembling slaves obey.
Nuiwarm of peftioners, e rordid hand,
Those starving locusts of a kturviug lend ;
So tneiuHhrllt L.rnl#, the Monarch's supple tools,
uialed on Fashion's lap and turned out fools:
Ho hireling spies, a despicable (race,
Mt&oly to lalngle in cacU public piece,
To our the slowing ?hsrmi of social life,
Ike A friemUUIp's bonds nod tola the world atsUifo
Hail ( happy elbne. to thee fees evry laud
tVhere cruel d??|H>u rule with Iran hand,
Virtu# oprretf d shall from corruption fly,
to 4ale the tejkp of thy Mial sky.
Vho sportive qurn# too (dai daiigbls 16 rove,
free a* the songaler of the vocal grove?
Oa the g?y plains bey eaten read aball fill,
fttag tlm broad ri??re and the U*wYin* hill;
The united 'friends in faithful notes rvbaarsa,
Aad tluuat tba tklwi ia issmoital verve.
BETTER MAURY THAN BURN.
- 1* attacn o*ao?:<?
In India, one day, en American aat
Wilh a imart native lata t ? window,
t?o yoar wMoas bura-tUaiaM.lvet t pray tell ate
'hat,
3ald the pretty, InquUHIvo Illuiloo.
Do they burn t thai tht/do? ilia Am* rir en said,
Aad that was tba ease with my mother j
Our widow, tba eMlsal her hemnl is dead,
Immediately >mni foraaot her!
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Itt the debet# <m the tod Feb. Mr. Ellice,
Member for Coventry, presented petHluae from
""lt-weavar?, and mnred an inquiry Into the
of prohibiting the Importation of
t wh'tli mM.ou be supported by a
and was followed on tba seme I7 Mr.
i?? thn lawyer who dtstiufuUhi-J himself
by the aenteerss of bis cross examination on the
late qbeenli (rial. It was In reply to then, that
the following admirable speech wet delivered.
HUhtnoivl Enquiftr.
The (juration being put?
Mr. Husk is son rose, and u<]<lrc*?cd the
house to the following effect: The honor*
able member for Coventry, in the argu
ments ho hue iust advunccd, mny natural
ly be ItfppoteiT to bo influenced by his con*
(taction with Ihut city, but ! felt ready to
meet thai circumstance, fa the coosidera
? ion el hit speech. In older net to retract
from the weight of what ha has said in
support of his motion. With respect to
the h*t gentleman who hat spoken, the
*econdcr of thn motion, I ot^st suppose
that lie is un)!er the influence of some
courtv?'.tion moreteccntly formed than that!
of the hooontblu numKr fitr Coventry.
(Hear and laughter ) Possibly tliu hon
orable iirnl learned ^cntlemitii may be hi
oxportiition of succeeding to tlie pott of
tWfuruicr honorable member's colleague.
I will, ii mv?,vct. ?<]ui|nirie more minutely
into the speech which I h.we just heard, I
coufd'S nilh ii?i?ni>hnnnit, front the hon
orable find lout ned crtillatiMti who hnejuat
rat down. That honorable ami learned
l;eitllcin.iu hits allowed himself totay, that
lid w?i not umiutrised Id make cerfmn
stutcoienis?not at libnrty to make certain
adtnioinna?Jn u word, he
dre#s the house ns though he
?idly mMroUrd i'or llio oc
?qcb lungnsige hs w.w U40nl uml
it the eourts of justice, hot w*
ed new imd striking in the
, membW ?t" ih,t hou?o. With
thech iraetrr which marked the<
tien of his epeuch, tlie vehemei
hfsted ,Mst nnquul
*ure and mrcmim 1 #ay, that us respect*
those A?lur?< of kit, l am with perfect
sincerity suture the house, nud the honor*
able uma learned gentleman himself, that I
entertain no HMtOHMt of anger, nor anj
other fueling* than IhoM in which I tun
ture I curry with me th? sympathy of nil ,
who enterlMin muihI Viewson this interest*
?"K question; nod who now, for the first]
time, hear that honoruble nod learned gen
tlcmtin launching forth hit denunciations
ngniiut the maintenance und advocacy ot
general principled?against the inloption of
philosophical theory?against acceding uf
tev delay and circumspection, to the uni
versal desire of eveiy honest.end intelli
gent in tin in the country, end yielding to
the opinioQ every enlightened man in
Burope^?ftfevd cheering.) I leave him
then, lor. in the full enjoyment of all the
n^w light (hut hp* to recently end to sod
denly broken in upon him. I leave him
and hi* honoruble friend* around him to
digest the tauutsand aueer* which, on the
present occasion, it has been hit pleasure
to ponr forth ?against a course of mea
Hurei which hit friend* profess to have
| been (he first to recommend, and for which
ithey claim the merit.?[Cheer*.] Now,
'Sir, I beg to any, that m whatever quar*
tors the statements ot the houorable mem*
bor for Coventry may have originated,
and more especially if they.be from iudi*
vidual* now suffering distress from the
want of employment, atod which' want of
employment they may conceive may have
been caused by the measures of this house;
frees whatever quarters, I say they may
come, they are entitled to otr indulgence.
I feel, siri the difficulty in which I am
placed, in rising to oddies* the house iu
opposition to what it has heard from the
mover and tecoudcr of the muiion. In
opposing it, I may teem inteixible or in*
different to the distres* which now
upon so Urge .a portion of tlio manufac
turer*, not only in this brunch, but iu
others. Tho honorable aud learned gen*
tlemnn has affirmed, that 1 wh? not only
mistaken in my views, but that 1 ton insen
sible Jto the dktretsee now prevailing
among the manufacturing classc*.
Mr. J. Williams denied having applied
the term iuecndible to the l ight honorable
gentleman.
Mr. Huskiisou?Moot certainly 1 under
stood it to be to applied. I appeal to the
lionse, Whether the honorable and learned
ientleman did not, iu the whole course ol
its speech, spoak of me as one lost' to
every thing but ? a desire uf maintaining
consistency, und the principles I former*
ly professed, ut nil tucrifkct. I appeal
to tbe house, whether he did not use h
quotation applying to uie the malignant
qualities of a demon. I| j* for him to If*
concite hit opinion* expressed tit different
times in Pariiameut, aud for me to enter*
taiu my fueling* of utter scorn for the ?:?
cusation. Charge* have been made against
me from other quarters, aud before 1 sit
down I shall be eblc to repel them, wd
?hew the house that my conduct, und that
of my friende around me, hus uot been
represented by the honorable and learned
member who hus, by some strauge per
version cf understanding, nnd, indeed,
the honorable member for Coventry baa
done the same, addressed the houne upon
the subject as if wo now hoard of it for
the first time. Tliey Inivo gono on in n
manner which would lend eny one to sup*
pose that this very measure was not the
result oi nn act of Parliament passed 18
months buck, and which hus. in fiict, be
come part of the law ot the U d. I own
that, in the view I take of the speech of
the honorable member for Coventry, of
which I do uof* complain, and of tbe
speech of the honorable and learned mem
ber who last sat down, of wbieh I do com
plain, upon tbe view I take of them, they
seem to me to go entirely upon thic, viz.
that the principle* r.f commercial policy
which have prevailed lor the last two >r
three years in Parliament, and which tend
to remove alt restriction* on commerce,
end to ^ive every facility, consistent with
veMed Interest, to the extension Of manu
factures, industry, nnd the full employ
ment ot capital. have been the cause of
the present condition of the .count ry.?
What other view can b?s taken of tlx-in,
after all we have heard about reciprocity,
which applies to every measure which re
late* to tlin different i: ire (instance* under
which manufacture* and trade were car
ried on, now and heretofore. I therefore
consider the present question is, whether
we shidl, bv re* enacting these prohibitions,
re-extablmh the *y*tem of restriction gen
erally f M hether wo shall (road back *11
the ?tep? we hoe# m*rf? i? ndtence to
wards n better system of commercial po
licy! [Cheers.] If we retreat in Ihi* in
stance, we must in eontiiiefef tetrace all
our other step*: imy, we meet |
eml under prohihitionei
been heard of before.
VNe slmll be obliged toL
of llmo* total oxdtfeioto
lw motion Mipr# JM now, bat, m i
(Mid before, of totally .changing Its com.
mercinl policy*. It MeMrttbt howe be
fore it dociuc* this important Question,
to look a little ut whnf bee fcecn the cnm
of the measurA adoatei by government
1 shall be sorry ^detain the house; tat
from the importance of the subject, I feel
callml upon to ask permisdon to cell Hi at*
tcetion tn a petition presented to the house
in M?iy IOTO, which was like the present
-online ol grart'ifytress aod difficulty?
Impure the house, t}wt Ihoac honorable
members who may fosor me tviih their At
tention, will he regarded by bearing prio?
ciplea laid down in .the. ^clearest manner,
not by theorists; n^mutoMlosophera
[cheers]?not by anbetnliug metaphysi
cians frith the malignity of demoos in Iheir
hearts, but by merchants .and traders, und
those principles eiprested in terms so
much more perspicuous tbun those in
which I could etpovbd them, that I shall
read it to the hettae. It is the petition of
the merchnota and traders of the city ol'
London; il states?;, i
?? T? at forslA coeftnetce b emlaeatly condu
ct r? to the w<h /ml proM*rhy of ? oountry,
by enabling It to Uapoft the eoaMnoUUies for lbs
productions of w^lah'tbe soil, aiuuete, capital;
awl iudartry of other countries efa best eat
and to eaport la p*^(<hWMlli(l<s fur which
Its s?n situation is batter adapted.
" That fr*?dom frbm restrttftt t* calculated to
give the utmost eitceslon to foreign tmJc, and
tke best direction to tfce capital and iudiut'y of
tba country.
??That the maxim of buyinffia tba cheapest
market and selling 19 the decrust, which rrtuliti s
every ntrchunt In fife;Individual dealings, it
?trktly applicable, as tba but rub ftu the trade
of the *rhol? nation.
" l'bnt a ftollcy founded on thr*e f.-iuciplrs,
Would render the commerce of lite world an nt*
terchauga <>f mutual advantages, alatum an
Inornate of the wealth & fid cnjo}u,tnU among
the ihbitbllarit* Of each state.
*' Tbnt unfortunately, a policy, the very re
verse of Jhi?, lias hern, aud u. mote ur Ism,
adoj4j>d and acted opou by the ,-nveromeut *>f
Ibis and of overv other counts, each iryiog to
exclude tLc productions of other countries, with
the spacioiu i.nJl well meant denga ol encvUMR
in* its ????? production*: thus iufla-tiac oil the
boik of it* ml?j< cu, who are r-mruniSrs, the tie
evilly of <ul uniUngto |riratlou?ih the quantity
unU quality ol tommodUivr, and'thus,rendering
what ought ta h? the ?vurc? of jftplys) benefits,
and of harmony among ?tata^ a constantly re
curring oceaiirtii of Jew htutysdeVnitlMty. *
" that the prevailing p'rejudkfa.io-favor of tke
protective or refjlollvesye^em, mayJbe traced i,o
riiacourngemuit of our owe product/on* to the
?ame extent; whereas It may l>a clearly fbown,
that altuougb the poricuUe description of pro
' ' 'do ' ' ' *
duction which could not Mind anilwl unrettiaip
ed foreign competition would be diecoursged, yet
as no Iwpottath-n could bo continued for anv
leugtn vl time Hlthout a corretftonding export*
lion, dirt-ct ??f indirect, there would b? an eocour
ngomeut fur the purple uf (hat eiportatiuti, of
tume other production to wldcb our flluMinn
Might bl better tuited; Ibut affording it len?t an
equal, and probably a greater, nod certainly a
atom lienenclal employiMnl to our uwu cemlai
and labour.** 1
1 ahull not trouble tbc Ho?me with ra id
ing the whole of this document. (Cries of
read, re.?d.) I will thi n read the whole,
for I really think it U n mo?t valuable docu
ment ; and, indeed, it wim thought to ht
the time, for it U one of n few, tr not the
ontj one, which I* jtiveu ut length in the re*
port* of our debates
* That of the numerous protective end probibU
lory dutiea of our commercial code, It May be
proved, thai while all operate a* a very heavy lax
on the community at large, very few ?*a of guy
ultimate beoeftt to the claiaet in wh?ee favor they
were originally Instituted, and ooae to the. extent
of thli lose ooeeaioned l>y th*m io other classes.
? That amoax the other evil* of the restrictive
or.proiertive ?y?tein, not the leart ??, that Ihe arti.
Acini ptjftc cliou of one branch of iuQoitry, or
touree of produclioo,a*aintl l<?reM? competition,
it Mt up at a ground of claim by other branchet
for similar jrtotcclioo i to that if the reasoningup*
on these restrictive or prohibitory regulations ere
founded, weie followed up contitleriry, it would
not atop ahort ??i esclu.linj us from all foreign
commerce whatsoever."
Thi? the House will observe, it tho re*
I ry point in quentiou.
?? And the tome train of argument, wbkh, with
corresponding prohibition*, and protective duties,
should exclude U? from foreign trade,,Might be
brought forward to Justify the re enaotmeat of re
?trkUoat upon the inter, h^agaof prodoetina* [aa*
connected With puhlie. r vnnif] am oog the fay
doats com,?oVmr tbe Union, or tajony the counties
of the same ll?fJirtn
??Tliai an lnvfstig4i;on of the effeeta of the r*?
ftriotiw ?ys?.ortf, at thi* time, i? peculiarly celled
for, aa it ma?, In the opinion of your petitioner*,
feed to a strung presumption, that the distress
which iinw an reneraliy pretail*, it ronaidsrabty
aggravated by that aytt<*ni." [Oreat cheering."]
Thi* ia tho very cu*c now : i?d the
point that follows 19 equally applicable to
the pfKMnl lime
* And tiiat totna retlef m?y be obtained by Ihe
earliest practicable i emovul of audi of the restraints
m may be shown to be niort injurieud te dweept*
tal aad ladnrirt of the cnMmuaity, and to be at*
landed with ao eoiopeamtiag broeAt to the peb>
lie I
?"flat a 'Wleratiou again*! the antl siMliSt'
del prladplat of o?ir restrict I r* syMMN le of the
aMrehapanaaee at the present jiraettft*^
as la tfca several histeaees of reMM~
1 ead manufacturer*??
their respective
1 far farther pfet
iLm ftuwin k(n|>m raii>|?iLLHi k^
lip? IwV9QVIH| WBWR
Mm dalaafrd * worth nay thiol, H trUi tpftttfr
to bahalfoftlw rtgoUtion? of foreign KaU? axataai
u?. Th#jr M upon our MptriorMjr in capita)
aa4 MMhUaory* m wa do epon tboir
W|itl<l froui taxation, ami with ?qeal fouo
datioli." ?
It then proceeds with similar arguments
agumat mI| KMrlctjoD, except what my be
eaagntiu) to tA revenue, &c.r nod it con
clude* by pmying the FJooae to take (hit
subject into consideration* and adopt auch
tneusureta* inny be calculated to give great
?r freedom to foreign commerce, and there
by to iocrewa the resources of the slate.
It will be clear to all who have Ualeoed to
the rteding of tbia petition, that the fame
principle* are there luid down whioh have
(ipci led to the paaaing of the till{ have al
luded to. Wjh\y have I laid vojnuph stress
upon thia petition t Sir, Ibr two rettooa;
?rat, in order to ahew that if we have pur
toed thU cburae, we have done no, not on
the theoriea ot visionaries, hot on the opiu
iopi of merchant* and o?en of t*jiiine??; se
condly, to ahew that the merchant* of the
city of Loudon, the great aeat of the com
merce and pecuniary wealth of the couu
try, felt convinced that at that period of
(liatre** in 1820, that the diatroas wu* ag
gravated by the reatfictive system. ? W?
are told that, hy pursuing this' system, wc
think of nothing but ampravnting the diatreas
and ' treating humau feeliog aa if wo were
AoimJii. W lut then shall wo think of the
partiea who could send such a petition aa
thia?whnt is the list of uamea ! I took
the trouble to look them over this morning,
tod find among theui the namea of *ome of
the most wealthy, and intelligent meu iu
London. Tho first i? one of the most dis
tinguished utercb.itita in the city of Londou.
He iiiu been a Gove: nor of the llauk of
Knglwid, and is now a Director of that bo
dy, arid has been long a member of thia
hou?e?(hear, hear,)?hi* name nUo will
protect him firctu all suspicion of his being
tuni ng the theorist*?I mean Mr. 2* Thorn*
tun. The liat included the names of other
Governors of tlie Bank of England. I do
not otTer the |mtition to tho notice of the
house by way nf an apology for my friends
or myself, or by way of exteuuation of uuy
thing we may have doue to h^vo raised the
wratn of the honnhtble and leufued genUu
man opposite, (&'r. William*;) for 1 *?y
jiow.a* at first, that what we b^vedone, ta
the public to look with.favor upon these
principles, have done great aervice to their
country. I do not avoid makiug an apolo
gy when necessary ; nor do I'wifth to gain
credit, if none be due. We .followed ther
impulse ol public opinion; we did not fore
nee, or Hnficip:ite it. I do not lliiuk ii tbe
duty of Ministers at any timo to anticipate
public opinion. I thing it the duty of those
in responsible situations to be cautious how
they m>ike any changes in policy; to bo
l!o\v not to conviction of the truth, but.in
deliberation, brfore ^rvinR effect to plans
with the results of which they ought to be
previously satisfied. 1 do not, as accused
by the learned aud hon. Member, think,
that it requires the good to give an impulse
to the machine, but rather to drug, that it
might have an equable and uniform motion.
Ami this ha* b?en the system constantly
adopted by Government. Year after year
Imve we been urged to adopt these mea
sures which h??ve been urged upon us, and
1 Ho not dispute tlw merit of tho*e who were
the first to suggest them; but when I no#
find arrayed against these principles those
who once so strongly urged them, 1 must
inquire into the-conduct of some ot those
whom I find urfayed against me. By whom
will 1 ask was tne petition presented ??
VV as it not brought forward after a great
deal ot preparation, by the Honorable^
Member from Taunton.
He introduced it to the hoole jn a most
elaborate speech. He stated thxt the se
curity of property was the foundstion of all
manufacturing greatness. Now, though
Sir we are laboring under similar distress
to what then existed, yet I hope I con say,
not the same danger to which property was
then exposed. The Hon. Member for
Taunton went on in his speech to accuse
the ministry of not feeling for the losses of
the merchants, and the distress of the peo
pie. Those people to whom I now allude'
will remember the sufferings they then un
derwent by listening to agitators. And I
sincerely hope, that although simitar dis
tress exists at present, that, taught by expe
rience, they will have learnt to turn their
ears from them and confine themselves
within the bounds of moderation nnd coin
men sense.' Bnt, Sir, the Hon. Gentlemen
(Mr. Beting) then told us, that freedom ot
tffcde wee essential to greatriess ami pros
perity, and be pressed ns to pvrsae the sys
tem we have since adopted. Sir* whea
the Hon. Gentleman presented the petition!
HMok I have reed to the hoose, he s "
that next to secorMy of property,
great freedom of trade os was ? .
lia other imoortAnt cooaideratiens.
^on oft lie Hon. Membe?
i4? friend, the Chancellor bf the
qeer, (who at tlml period heUl the i
which at pneent is so unworthily I
the individual addressing the uouse.) will
btnmeable conduct hi the tneaaUr** h? hse'
factoring interest* Tbto hie . mit)<?ty'4
ministers were blamed /or not removing
the restrictions under which.tfrade l.tbou t*
?ds Mil the/ were called on to Set their
shoulders to the Wheel, hi order Jo.
the commerce of the oouelvy*.en aliberal
and enhuged system. The great errer ufeft *
when every country determined to lhr? tfn h
its own productions, nod resolved to avoid,
? free nod mutual intercourse. This, f ud
mit, is a most fallacious doctrine, ami
false positiop ef things. (Cheers.) ? It has
been urged, indeed, end the sentimj?n?aNfc ?
to be found openly promulgated b$ meao^
of the press.that there are no two countries
thecircuuistances of Which do riotvary from''
month to month?thai the operations of the
teutons, ami a hundred other causes, are
sufficient to oceasioo these alteration^
which unfix and niter the mutual relation*
of different nations. The inference intend*
ed to be drawn from all this It, that tlf .
ought to shut ourselves up in our island^
(hear)?and as tar as iu -is Ilea, by rcatric*
tions and proliilntions, prevent *11 > inter
course WHh?other countries. (Oheert<)h
At least the prohibitionists soy to foreign
ers?"You shall nut send ns nny thing;
but wo are willing to send you m much tie
you please *'< Thia ia the restrictive sys
tem; hut (o be eilicieut and true to itivlf?
it must go still farther. Fof instance, witU
respect to Ireland; iu that country labor iu
eh^per than in this, on accouut of a lower
tuaation. ami froui-uiany other cnuMs; un4*
will any body say wo should adopt the re* '
strictive system a* it regard* our cooiraet- s
ciul intercourse with t&at country. I re<?.
ply. we should, if we mean to strictly
on the prohibitive sysUtai. Rut there,waf
fortuuately, or unfortuuately, he could not
say which, tor the system now$ropoo*U'
ed, onejsouniry ifrwhich it badUieen cit*.
l ied to its utmost extent; iu which prohif <
bilion had bean ;*lded to pi ohi:*tibe midr?.' ?
striction to restriction, uud wh^re all {!*$?*<
Aruite ef that bleasfd .y<t*ni?
he seen, not perhaps in full matuiity, but. ?
?ufficienUy mature enable any one to
judge of their <}u.ditie*?Spain.. That la .
the country which has n good prohibitory
system?*(a laugh)?and appears resolved '
to admit nothing extraneous into its porU
win mfuni me ?muggier cnrricrx into tbem*
(Iluar, hoar.) ( ?eg pardon of the House
lor wandering so widely from the subject
iu hand; but 1 lutve beeo, and alptir bt, stdl ~
further, compelled to do so. In following the >
Ilvnorahb: fitintlpn.urr, who is so ^reitl it
practical authority on the point: indeed,.;
perhaps, ho m the greatest thin coontry cau
Hifbrd. On thc occesion alluded (o, the c
Honorable Member did not Content blawelf*'
with general principles; he refened tude
(nilo. i?n?l proposed tnewurM of e specific
and particular naturo. The first of these
measures proposed by the lion Member
fbr Taunton, end in the warmest terms re*
commeiuled to the attention of miuislers on
that occasion, wet one of specific relief.? ,
"Whet, no absurd," said the (Ion. Mem
bet "as a duty on the raw material of our
woollen manufacture V' According, ho'
recommended the abolition of the doty on
the importation of forego wool, end audi
drugs and dyeing materials its were used it)
the staple manufcture of this country lit .
enswer'to this we said, "let eer wool bo
exportod, end we will t?Vq the duty off df '
foreign wool*" But what ,wea the reply?
'* Take the doty off the infportetio* of fo>
reign wool if yoa please, but keep in forco
the restrictions ott the exportation of Brit
ish* Wool from this ooantryTo t Ms pro
posal we would not a^ree, ami I am prepar
ed to express my aincere conriciion, that
Government acted wisely in refusing to a- )?
dopt one measUre without the cooceasion
of the other. (Hear, hear.) After yeara
and years of struggle, succeeded in
causing both theee measure* to be adopt-v.
ed i and what is the rein that has enseeri "
to this branch of our manufactores f ln?
stead of our manufactures beinjfc reined,
the consumption increased to soch ad*
gree, teat we imported oo less then forty
millions pounds of foreign wool, while the
whole of 6u* export only amounted to 100,- -
OQOlbs. This is the #av in which the wool
and the woollen manufacture, Iwxe beeo
sent oxt of the count rx t we removed the
restrictive and prohibitory duties} end the
consequences wefe, we Imported no el*
cess of the foreign commodity, While we
exported, comparatively speaking, noee of
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